This is a momentous post, because it marks the end of both the Scotland and study abroad blog posts. (*Sob*) It may seem like I have drug out publishing these…
After we had returned from our pizza dinner to our bed and breakfast in Stirling, my mom and I had a pretty traumatic experience. While my dad was talking with…
After our adventures in Wick and Orkney, it was time for an entire day of driving to make it to the western coast of Scotland and the Isle of Skye.…
To continue on with our Scotland adventure, the next morning we rented a car and set off for our next destination: the small town of Wick and the Orkney Islands.…
The second-to-last Monday in May saw my mother and I taking the shuttle to the airport and gleefully checking our luggage in for our next flight. My dad and brother…
To finish up our French adventure my mom and I arrived in Paris to spend several quick days before it was time to meet my dad and brother. After being…
Several months ago, back when we were planning this trip, my mom told me that she would be happy with anything we did in France, so I should just pick…
For the second part of our European adventure my mom and I took a train up from Carcassonne to Bordeaux. Upon arriving in Bordeaux we discovered that each track at…
Sunday morning saw my mom and I leaving Montpellier. At least, that was our plan if only my suitcases would cooperate. As it turns out, my suitcases detest Europe and…
I’ve made it! An entire semester of being in a country where my native language is not the spoken one. My study abroad went by so quickly – I can’t…
For the last leg of my week-long adventure I stopped in Annecy, France. (I figured since I managed to make my last week-long vacation into three posts on three different…
The night before I left Brussels we learned that Wednesday, the day I was leaving, was the day where all the Brussels public transportation was going on strike. Naturally, I…
Monday morning began the trek to make it to Brussels, Belgium, and also marked the beginning of “Transportation Against Katrina” week. To get to the Lyon airport from the place…
Saturday morning I got up REEEEAAAAALLY early and left Montpellier to head to the train station to start my week off from school. My first stop of the week was…
I have officially traveled entirely by myself! No traveling with friends, no meeting friends in places I am traveling to, nothing. Yay me! (It only took me three months, but…
For our short Easter vacation Emily, Heidi, Rachel and I went to northern France and southern Germany to spend 3 quick, but fun days. At this point in the semester…
Sète and Collioure were two places along the French coast that multiple people have told me that I needed to visit while I was in France, so this last Saturday…
After several relatively relaxed weekends in and around Montpellier, it was definitely past time to do some more traveling around France. Originally a group of us were going to go…
This week marked my first ever French presentation. Almost all of my classes here require an oral presentation (in French of course) at some point in the semester, but for…
This past weekend marked the second weekend where I have officially not traveled anywhere. However, this does not mean I sat still the whole time! It was going to be…
With only a couple days left in our vacation we arrived back in Paris to rain. After buying all of our metro tickets for the next few days (we had…
Bok! (Hello!) I was very excited to visit Croatia – it had not originally been on my list of places to visit (I didn’t think I would be able to),…
To start our glorious 9 days off from school, Emily, Heidi and I took a train up to Paris to spend a couple days sight-seeing before we headed off to…
Contrary to popular belief, I am actually going to school here – I’m not just gallivanting around Europe for 5 months (as fun as that would be). University here is…
Before I left on my study abroad, I had several people tell me that I shouldn’t travel every weekend while I’m in France because I would want to get to…
Wander Onwards 